Nursery rhymes

William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850) was an eminent English Romantic Poet, hose Lyrical Ballad, as a result of joint efforts, co-authoring with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Contributed to launch the Romantic Age in English Literature. He is known as the poet of Nature, reflecting his inner feelings while appreciating the wonderings and beauty of it. (Norton, 543-45) The poem ‘We Are Seven’, as Wordsworth says, has been “written an Alfoxden in the spring of 1798. The little girl who is the heroine I met…

“One does not use poetry for its major purposes, as a means to organize oneself and the world, until one’s world somehow gets out of hand.” This was Richard Wilbur’s response when someone asked him about fighting in World War II and how it changed him. Richard Wilbur is a famous modern day poet who won two Pulitzer Prizes for two of his collections of poems. He was the second poet laureate of the United States. Richard Wilbur fought as a combat soldier in World War II which changed his outlook…

Parents’ love for their children is sometimes not acknowledge by the kids until they become adult. Children often become so wrapped up in their own tasks and obligations that they take for granted the simple acts of love and support given to them by their parents. Similarly, Robert Hayden’s "Those Winter Sundays" is a very touching poem regarding his relationship with his father. Robert Hayden was an African-American poet and professor who is best known as the author of poems, including “Those…

ØDickinson personifies “Death” and uses alliteration of the “c”.She describes this as a pleasant event that takes place in a carriage. She uses end rhyme in lines 2 and 4 and internal rhyme in line 3 and ØImmortality: (or eternal life) is the concept of living in physical or spiritual form for an infinite length of time. Dickinson’s approach on death is primarily shown through personification where she utilises death…

Despite the simplicity of Tupac Shakur’s peom, “The Rose That Grew From Concrete,” it holds several symbolic pieces that contribute to a theme of perseverance over all else. The first symbol presented to us is probably also the one with the deepest meaning. The rose. A rose has heavy connotative layers on both the positive and negative ends of the spectrum. For instance, it is typically considered the most beautiful of flowers and is often used as a gift, just as Tupac is the most beautiful of…

Through their works, composers often convey both their personal and cultural values, as they reveal the impact it has on the relationship between people and landscapes, which are explored through the diverse attitudes and behaviours of individuals. This notion is explored through Judith Wright’s poetry, South of my Days and For New England, which demonstrates how enduring cultural values have influenced and shaped an individual’s identity. Similarly, the 2010 documentary by Kevin McCloud,…

Bishop describes “Four Poems” as “fragmentary,” but considers “that together they made a sort of emotional sequence” (Giroux, 308). Though there is no narrative, at least not one consciously thought up by Bishop, the emotions of the poem easily convey important faucets of her life like sexuality and love. Often, this poem is discussed as Bishop viewed it with fragmented looks at each aspect of the poem rather than the poem itself. While it is useful to do this, since poems are often broken down…

In Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” the shepherd paints an idealized view of the rural life for his lover as a means of a confession of love . He attempts to convince the woman with his planned promises before she accepts his offer. The list of the promises goes from living in the mountains to materialistic objects, such as coral clasps. His offers may seem to be beyond what a shepherd can normally reach for, due to his status. However, the shepherd creates a contract for the…

Another reason is because of rhyme because it attracts the reader’s attention because it keeps them reading the poem. This anger seen through these poetic devices, towards Australians doesn’t just start on the last few lines it lasts the whole way through the poem starting strong and…

My Struggles of Literacy and How I Work to Fix Them Literacy, in my eyes, is the way of sharing ideas, facts, and emotion. Emotional literacy such as poetry has had a big role in what I read today. They can express things in simplicity and make it so vivid at the same time. Any book can have the ability to change a perspective on a certain topic or helps me acknowledge the things around me. Enjoying to read has never been the issue, but pronouncing certain words that I’m reading has. One of the…